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New Model Shows How Behavioral Flexibility Affects Animal Evolution
Animals able to change behaviors but slow to evolve might fare better than previously thought amid climate change.
Wildflowers Mix it Up to Survive Drought
Researchers at UC Davis, UT and elsewhere use global data on plants and droughts to create framework for planning.
Which Mating Call to Choose? People Are in Accord with Bugs, Bats and Frogs
Music to the ears of amorous amphibians and other creatures sounds best to humans, too, a new study finds.
A Secret Weapon from Salmonella Could Help Us Maintain Healthier Microbiomes
The discovery could also lend itself to the development of future antibacterial therapies.
Experimental Chemo Drug May Trick the Immune System Into Fighting Cancer
The finding suggests other chemo drugs, too, may be making cancer cells cause a surprising immune-system reaction.
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A Sea of Light: HETDEX Astronomers Reveal Hidden Structures in the Young Universe
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment researchers have made a record-setting 3D map of the early universe.
A Step Towards Needed Treatments for Hantaviruses in New Molecular Map
An innovative imaging technique enabled dramatically higher resolution structures than previous efforts.
Physicists Discover Long-Predicted ‘Clock Magnetism’ in an Atomically Thin Crystal
Observation of BKT and six-state clock phases reveals how magnetism behaves in two dimensions and may inspire ultracompact technologies.
A Break in a Longstanding Mystery about Origin of Complex Life
Breathe easy. It appears our microbial ancestors used oxygen, too.
New 3D Printing Method Makes Affordable, Realistic Replicas as Structurally Complex as a Human Hand
The CRAFT method uses widely available materials and inexpensive commercial 3D printers.